[Verse 1]
             
   Sittin' in 

            
the morning su

n
             
   I'll be sit

             
tin' in the ev

   
ening come
             
   Watching th

             
e ships roll i

n,
             
   then I watc

             
h them roll aw

   
ay   again, ye

ah


[Chorus]
             
   I'm sittin'

              
 on the dock o

      
f the bay
              
   watching th

            
e tide roll aw

ay
              
   ooh I'm jus

             
t sittin' on t

              
he dock of the

 
 bay
             
   wasting ti-

  
--ime


[Verse 2]
             
   I left my h

        
ome in Georgia
             
   Headed for 

        
the Frisco bay
             
   'Cause I've

              
 had nothing t

   
o live for
              
   and look li

             
ke nothing's g

          
onna come my w


ay


[Chorus]
              
   So I'm just

             
 gonna sit on 

              
the dock of th

   
e bay
              
   watching th

             
e tide roll aw


ay, oooh
             
   I'm sittin'

              
 on the dock o

      
f the bay
             
   wasting tim

  
e


[Bridge]
            
     Look like

   
 nothing's gon

na change
            
          Ever

      
ything still r

emains the sam

e
            
        I can'

             
t do what ten 

       
people tell me

 to do
             
      So I gue

          
ss I'll remain

 the same


[Verse 3]
             
   Sittin' her

             
e resting my b

ones
              
   and this lo

             
neliness won't

       
 leave me alon

e
             
   These 2000 

         
miles I roamed
             
   just to mak

          
e this dock my

  
 home


[Chorus]
             
   Now I'm jus

              
t gonna sit at

      
 the dock of t

he bay
              
   watching th

            
e tide roll aw

ay, oooh
             
   Sittin' on 

              
the dock of th

   
e bay
             
   wasting tim

  
e


[Outro]
   (whistle over these two chords and fade out)